Story Of The Year Inks With Epitaph

Epitaph Records has inked St. Louis rock band Story Of The Year, which was formerly signed to Maverick/Warner Bros.

The group is in the studio with producer John Feldmann and will also log time with producer Elvis Baskette. Its as-yet-untitled Epitaph debut is expected next spring.

Story Of The Year scored big with its major-label debut, "Page Avenue," which has sold 846,000 copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan. But the 2005 follow-up was a commercial disappointment, shifting just 180,000 units.

"From my first time seeing Story Of The Year light up the stage of the tiny Troubadour club like a torch, to soon thereafter seeing them light up every TV screen across America, I always regretted that I hadn't come across them just a little sooner and perhaps have had the chance to sign them," says Epitaph owner Brett Gurewitz.

Thanks for the report to Billboard.com.

Comments

[HH_Emo_666]

1st. but thats pretty good. im glad for them and i agree that in wake of determination sucked

[Godsmack311]

if i had a deal with WB id try to keep it as long as i could, but Epitaph is a good label though.

and ITWOD > PA

[RockMusicFan]

ITWOD did not suck at all. It was wasn't radio friendly, so that's why it didn't sell well. It seems weird for them to be on epitaph since it's known as a punk label. But I'm down with anything if they bust out another kick ass record!